.TH READCLOCK 8 .SH NAME readclock \- read the real time clock [IBM PC/AT and AMIGA] .SH SYNOPSIS \fBreadclock\fR .br .de FL .TP \\fB\\$1\\fR \\$2 .. .de EX .TP 20 \\fB\\$1\\fR # \\$2 .. .SH EXAMPLES .EX "date \`/usr/bin/readclock\` </dev/tty" "Useful in \fI/etc/rc\fR" .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \fIReadclock\fR reads the AT's real time clock and prints the result in a form useful to date, namely, MMDDYYhhmmss. If the clock does not exist (e.g., on a PC), it outputs \&'\-q\&' to query the user for the time. The example given above can be put in \fI/etc/rc\fR to load the real time when the system is booted. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR date (1).